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Farmers in Leicestershire and Rutland say they've seen a massive increase in cases of a deadly plant which destroys their food crops - and could also prove bad news for our breakfast tables. Some farms here have had to stop working wheat fields for a year due to the ravages of "black grass" - a weed which emerges within crops and can spread quickly year on year.

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A couple living in a picturesque Leicestershire village say their lives are being blighted by inconsiderate and dirty thrill seekers using a local layby. They say they're fed up with picking up rubbish from their own land - which has been left by people stopping there for sexual encounters or a toilet break.